This July 9th at 8 p.m. the award-winning film Withdrawal is coming to the Lumiere Music Hall in Los Angeles. Raw, unflinching, and surprisingly funny, Withdrawal was created by former heroin addict turned filmmaker Aaron Strand and shot on miniDV in Georgia for a budget of $60k. Winner of 12 awards on the festival circuit with rave reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Letterboxd.
The story follows artistic lovers, Viv and Jay, are trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent heroin addiction. When Viv's wealthy parents hire an interventionist to take her to rehab, the couple decides to go it alone with nothing but a suboxone prescription and each other. All they have to do is survive one harrowing night of withdrawal–trying to figure out where it all went wrong.

Event Highlights:

Intro by Jake Weisman of Film Journ
Q&A moderated by filmmaker Eric Foss (Sell Your House)
Special guests: Seed&Spark
When: Thursday, July 9th, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Where: Lumiere Music Hall | 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211